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Chelsea 'could make another bid' for Dries Mertens after Belgian forward backtracks on signing £6.3m-a-year contract renewal at Napoli

Chelsea 'could make a second bid' for Dries Mertens after it emerged the Belgian backtracked on signing a new contract with Napoli.

The Blues reportedly made an offer for the 32-year-old forward back in January but this was turned down.

Now they have been offered encouragement to try again with reports in Italy suggesting Mertens is now reluctant to commit his future to Napoli.

Chelsea 'could make another offer' to sign Dries Mertens with the Belgian forward reportedly reluctant to commit to a new Napoli contract

Chelsea 'could make another offer' to sign Dries Mertens with the Belgian forward reportedly reluctant to commit to a new Napoli contract

The 32-year-old was offered a new u00a36.3m-a-year contract by his current club Napoli

The 32-year-old was offered a new £6.